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Kurt Cobain

Portrait Gallery

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Object Details

Artist

Mark Seliger, born 23 May 1959

Sitter

Kurt Cobain, 20 Feb 1967 - 5 Apr 1994

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1993 (printed 2013)

Object number

NPG.2013.68

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Copyright

Courtesy of Mark Seliger/Steven Kasher Gallery, New York; © Mark Seliger

Type

Photograph

Medium

Platinum-palladium print

Dimensions

Image: 46.7 × 35.5 cm (18 3/8 × 14")
Sheet: 61.8 × 50.3 cm (24 5/16 × 19 13/16")

Place

United States\Michigan\Kalamazoo\Kalamazoo

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National Portrait Gallery Collection

Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Kurt Cobain: Male
Kurt Cobain: Arts and Culture\Performing Arts\Music\Musician
Portrait

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4238514e5-cb1a-42d5-9e2f-3d9144d6b395

Record ID

npg_NPG.2013.68

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